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Shema Before Sleep

Shema Before Sleep at Night

Keriat Shema al hamitah
קריאת שמע על המיטה
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קריאת שמע על המיטה

SHEMA BEFORE SLEEP AT NIGHT

Hebrew
הֲרֵינִי מוֹחֵל לְכָל מִי שֶׁהִכְעִיס וְהִקְנִיט אוֹתִי אוֹ שֶׁחָטָא כְּנֶגְדִּי, בֵּין בְּגוּפִי בֵּין בְּמָמוֹנִי
בֵּין בִּכְבוֹדִי בֵּין בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר לִי, בֵּין בְּאֹנֶס בֵּין בְּרָצוֹן, בֵּין בְּשׁוֹגֵג בֵּין בְּמֵזִיד, בֵּין
בְּדִבּוּר בֵּין בְּמַעֲשֶׂה, וְלֹא יֵעָנֵשׁ שׁוּם אָדָם בְּסִבָּתִי.
Sephardi
Hareini mochel lechol mi shehich'is vehiknit oti o shechata kenegdi, bein begufi bein bemamoni
bein bichvodi bein bechol asher li, bein be'ones bein beratzon, bein beshogeg bein bemezid, bein
bedibur bein bema'aseh, velo ye'anesh shum adam besibati.
English
I hereby forgive anyone who has angered or provoked me or sinned against me, physically or financially or by failing to give me due respect, or in any other matter relating to me, involuntarily or willingly, inadvertently or deliberately, whether in word or deed: let no one incur punishment because of me.
When saying all three paragraphs of Shema, say:
Hebrew
אֵל מֶלֶךְ נֶאֱמָן
Sephardi
Eil melech ne'eman
English
God, faithful King!
The following verse should be said aloud, while covering the eyes with the right hand:
Deut. 6
Hebrew
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְהוָה ׀ אֶחָד׃
Sephardi
Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.
English
Listen, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One.
Quietly.
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
Sephardi
Baruch sheim kevod malchuto le'olam va'ed.
English
Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and all time.
Deut. 6
Hebrew
וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל־
מְאֹדֶךָ: וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם, עַל־לְבָבֶךָ:
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ,
וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ: וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל־יָדֶךָ, וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין
עֵינֶיךָ: וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Ve'ahavta eit Adonai Elohecha, bechol-levavecha uvechol-nafshecha uvechol-
me'odecha: Vehayu hadevarim ha'eileh, asher anochi metzavecha hayom, al-levavecha:
Veshinantam levanecha vedibarta bam, beshivtecha beveitecha uvelechtecha vaderech,
uveshochbecha uvekumecha: Ukeshartam le'ot al-yadecha, vehayu letotafot bein
einecha: Uchtavtam al-mezuzot beitecha uvish'arecha:
English
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These words which I command you today shall be on your heart. Teach them repeatedly to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home and when you travel on the way, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be an emblem between your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your house and gates.
Ps. 90
Hebrew
וִיהִי נֹעַם אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ עָלֵינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָה עָלֵינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ
כּוֹנְנֵהוּ:
Sephardi
Vihi no'am Adonai Eloheinu aleinu uma'aseh yadeinu konenah aleinu uma'aseh yadeinu
konenehu:
English
May the pleasantness of the LORD our God be upon us. Establish for us the work of our hands, O establish the work of our hands.